Joanna Smeeton
Assistant Professor @Columbia in NYC. Developmental biologist focused on regeneration research in zebrafish. Rebuilding joint ligaments and cartilage at the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative. All views my own.
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonThinking about EZM2026 in Vienna? 🐟 Travel grants are now open for students & ECRs. 7–11 July 2026 | Deadline: March 15 Hope to see many of you there! @ezsociety.bsky.social #zebrafish
- A gorgeous evening here in NYC
- Working with #zebrafish you might expect us all to be from the Water Tribe, but representatives from all nations of the world of #Avatarthelastairbender turned out to represent the Smeeton lab at our Columbia Stem Cell Hallowe'en party this year!
- Chlorine in the water
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonSpeaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonThe BIGGEST impact you can have with 1 minute today ⏱️ Add your name to show NY is ready for a statewide biomedical institute. CA’s CIRM & TX’s CPRIT proved it works—billions returned, jobs created, cures accelerated. Let’s do even better for New York. ✍️ www.nycures.org/
- 📣🧪 Read our latest #research on joint regeneration in #zebrafish, published today in @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
- 🍾🧪The end of an era! Today we said so long to Dr. Troy Anderson. Troy was the very first person to join me in the Smeeton lab. He just defended his PhD and is off to start his postdoc next month. We will miss you Troy!! #proudPI @troy-anderson.bsky.social #zebrafish
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonRegister now for an ORS Tendon Section #WebinarWednesday on Sept 24, 12 PM CST, A Tendon-cy to Heal: Regenerating Tendons & Ligaments in Zebrafish. Hear from Thomas Schilling, Jenna Galloway & Joanna Smeeton on the latest #tendon & ligament regeneration. 🔗 ors.memberclicks.net/ten092425web#/
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonDue to their aquatic environment, #zebrafish are perfect for small molecule drug screens. Many drugs have been repurposed for novel treatments such as COX inhibitors in leukemia & glucocorticoids in long QT syndrome. For more, read this Nature review ($): doi.org/10.1038/nrd4... #ZebrafishFunFacts 🧪
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonRevascularization of coronary endothelial cells during zebrafish heart regeneration. Credit to @harrisonlab.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonSome exciting news! NCBI has finished the annotation pipeline for our new #zebrafish reference sequence GRCz12tu: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/annot... This is a big step up in data depth and quality and should be super helpful going forward.
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonWe are excited to announce our next issue of #NewsSplash has been published! To keep up with all the latest #zebrafish news, be sure to check it out here: www.izfs.org/newssplash/n...
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonHappy birthday to Canadian medical researcher & #biochemist Maud Menten (1879-1960). 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬 #histscj Not only was she an author of Michaelis-Menten equation for enzyme kinetics, she invented the azo-dye coupling for alkaline phosphatase, 1st example of enzyme histochemistry, still used in imaging of 🧵
- Heading back to NYC full of fresh ideas and new questions to explore after a wonderful visit with the fantastic faculty and trainees @cuanschutz.bsky.social Thanks again for the invitation to share our work on craniofacial joint regeneration!
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonAbstract submissions for the 19th IZFC are now open! Registration to the conference is required to submit an abstract. Register and submit here today! www.izfs.org/education/19...
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonBreaking news: 22 states are suing to block NIH’s cutting of indirect costs. See our updated story on the Friday night news and its aftermath. scim.ag/4hTJQ6v
- "We need eachother more than ever before" #ORS2025
- Reposted by Joanna Smeeton1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonZFIN is now on Bluesky!
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonI think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonNice article in Scientific American about our work on outer ear evolution and a complimentary study from the lab of Maksim Plikus on role of unique lipids in mammalian ear cartilage. www.scientificamerican.com/article/our-...
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonSox10 is required for systemic initiation of bone mineralization Read this #OpenAccess Research Article by Stefani Gjorcheska, Lindsey Barske & co. @cincyresearch.bsky.social : journals.biologists.com/dev/article/152/2/d…
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonAre you a trainee in the @orssociety.bsky.social Tendon Section, and are the presenting author on an abstract at this year's meeting? If you are going to be at the annual meeting, sign up to compete in the 3-minute-thesis competition! $$ prizes will be awarded! forms.gle/WneTNbVpuECP...
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonSlow-motion videos reveal tree frogs making some of the most dramatic landings in nature. Learn more: scim.ag/4gTAurn
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonSeason 3 is here! Hear about our thoughts on season 2, and what we look forward to in season 3! From live streams to live panels at massive gaming conventions, 2024 was so incredible! 2025 is already shaping up to be an amazing year for the podcast, so be sure to tune in!
- 📢🧪For your holiday travel reading, check out our new pre-print! Using a new joint resection injury model, we describe an innate regeneration program in adult #zebrafish that reestablishes all major synovial joint cell types, including lubricated articular cartilage. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonMy WISMAC co-chair and partner in crime Kimberly Kho sent me this. It reminded her of Sharon Reimold who recently passed. We celebrate Sharon’s vision and leadership. Also a reminder that in science, it’s important we celebrate each other’s victories and awesomeness now and openly. Be generous.
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonCheck out how #neuralcrest cells 🔬 migrate (animal= #zebrafish, white cells=sox10+, start=10 somites stage, anterior=top)
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonTo help connect researchers in the #osteoarthritis #musculoskeletal and #ortho fields, @kelseyhcollins.bsky.social and I have started an MSK Research Starter Pack. It’s early days, but please me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/DJVukXRat://did:plc:df33yli2ys2vx7rwzuddhl62/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lawz5t2ivu27
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonThe latest recording of the Bristol Zebrafish Zoom Talks (#BZZT) is now available to watch on our Slack Pro tankspace. The fishy talk from @smeetonlab.bsky.social is titled, ““Decoding progenitor activation in new models of joint cartilage and ligament regeneration in zebrafish.” Go watch! 😊
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonBack in Crump Lab we did some nice imaging with @smeetonlab.bsky.social #zebrafish 😍
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonWe joined the trend of Starter Packs! Check out our (non-exhaustive) list of Group Leaders & Senior Scientists that work with our favorite fishes! #zebrafish go.bsky.app/2cHYybY 🧪at://did:plc:lmndrquzjoynsxgz7rcn5unj/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lanzlfwvoz2j
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonI love how the scientific community here is growing. Here, I started a list of regenerative biologist: go.bsky.app/MGXL9Raat://did:plc:adqsriepifbxfh7jyai2iexq/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3laovcgpzvv25
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonPlease check out our recent perspective paper, “Pluripotency of a founding field: rebranding developmental biology.” Huge thanks to the 50 scientists who came to California to discuss the future of #DevBio and contributed to the paper, and thanks to NSF for $! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonLovely piece on the fish scientists I’m lucky to support! They are all rock stars! @smeetonlab.bsky.social www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/fishing...
- I'm so thankful for an excellent 2023 with this talented crew. I mean, c'mon, look at our lab's festive door with their hand-made avatars☃️🐧🎁🏔️. Happy Holidays!
- 🎉 Today we said farewell to our lab's first undergraduate researcher, Eric Mao. Eric has been working closely with Troy over the past three years and has been an absolutely stellar lab member. He is med school bound next year. Congrats Eric! We will miss you! 🎉
- 🎃 Well, this year my lab finally got tired of working with zebrafish. But, we didnt just want to start working with rodents, we thought we'd try being rodents! Happy Halloween from these lab rats! 🎃
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonHappy Halloween to the foolish and freaky fry out there! Credit artwork to the talented Priyanka Oberoi 🎃🧌
- Reposted by Joanna SmeetonReminder that the Big Ten Academic Alliance Fee Waiver program gives waivers for 15 schools' PhD programs (including OSU astro and OSU physics) for US citizen students w/ 3.0+ GPAs and diverse backgrounds! Easy form to complete due by Nov 15. btaa.org/resources-fo...
